UrbanGlass: rezidenční pobyty pro sklářské umělce

The Emerging Artist Fellowship is designed to provide recent graduates with a bridge between the academic and professional world. The Established Artist Fellowship is offered to working artists with established careers. Both fellowships afford artists the opportunity to develop a new body of work and explore new techniques. Artists will be chosen on the basis of past work and plans for utilizing UrbanGlass facilities. A selection committee of artists, staff and critics will review applications and notification of selection will be made no later than January 31, 2009.

UrbanGlass is a leading resource for both aspiring and established artists wishing to create with glass.  We foster innovative art and advance the use and appreciation of glass as a creative medium. Founded in 1977 as the New York Experimental Glass Workshop, UrbanGlass was the first artist access glass center in the United States. Previously those interested in working in glass could only do so at art schools, in factories or by building their own studios.  When UrbanGlass opened its doors, glass as an art medium became available for the first time to a wide range of artists at an affordable price.  Soon after its debut, a gallery, classes, artist residencies and GLASS: The UrbanGlass Art Quarterly were added, making UrbanGlass the most important East Coast center and resource for artists wishing to experiment with glass.  UrbanGlass is located at 647 Fulton Street in downtown Brooklyn within easy access of the cultural riches of New York City.

THE STUDIO
UrbanGlass' 17,000 square foot facility contains a complete glassworking studio including: two hot glass furnaces (that melt 2000 pounds of glass daily), seven glory holes, 13 annealers, a mold shop, cold shop, lampworking and neon shop, a flat glass area for slumping and fusing, mosaics and stained glass, and a sandblaster.  All areas of the studio are available to artists for rental at an affordable hourly rate.


Artists who are interested in this program should complete the Visiting Artist application form and submit it with required materials in the format described to:

Visiting Artists Program
UrbanGlass
647 Fulton Street
Brooklyn, NY 11217-1112
Inquiries: 718.625.3685 or info@urbanglass.org